Characters in I am Legend

Robert Neville

Ben Cortman

Neville's former neighbor and co-worker, now infected; he calls Neville out of his house every night and becomes the vampire Neville most fixates on hunting.

Virginia Neville

Robert's wife, who dies of the plague early on; her death and return haunt him throughout the novel.

Kathy Neville

Robert and Virginia's young daughter, who dies of the plague before the novel's present-day events.

Ruth (I Am Legend)

A woman Neville encounters who turns out to be an infected agent of the emerging new society; she grows close to him but ultimately reports on him.